Improvement in adjustable lamp-supports for vehicles



TATES AT ELLQ Q THOMAS no'unnEN, 0E EEiDeEroET, ooNNEoTioUT, AsSIeNoE oEYT H EEE FOURTHS HIS RIGHT To THE WHITE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, o-EoneEH. .ionNsoN, AND oimELEs u. STEvENS, oE SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE LAMP-SUPPORTS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part ofLct-ters Patent No.147,362, dated .l'ebruary 10,1874; application filed December 13, 1873.

. making apart of this specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish a portable, sure, and simplemethod of applying the use of a lamp to any ordinary buggy or carriage.

Lamps for a similar purpose are at present in use on public and privateconveyances; but such lamps are usually placed permanently in positionwhen the carriage is built. My improven'ient does not relate to thisclass of carriages, but rather to those in which a lamp or lamps werenot a part of the original design of the maiuifactiu'or.

Physicians and others who have occasion to drive during the night havelong felt the necessity of an improvement of this nature. By myinvention they are furnished with. a lamp, together with such iixturesor attachments as will enable them to fasten it securely and quickly tothe dash-lmard of their carriage, and as readily detach it in theday-time when they have no occasion for its use.

My improvement consists in providing a bracket or support for acarriage-lamp with a clamp, by which it may be readily and securelyattached to the dashboard of a carriage, and as easily removed, when notin use. My improvement further consists in providing a support for acarriage-lamp not only with a clamp for the above purpose, but alsoconstructing it with a joint between the clamp which fastens it to thedash-hoard and the lamp, with an arrangement also for adjusting andclamping the two parts of the support where the joint is formed, so thatthe lamp may be held at different angles. This adjustable feature of myimprovement enables me of disk 0 and shank d in elevation.

fastened thereon by the thumb-screw b.

to apply it to dash-boards of any shape, and still hold the lamp in anupright position.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure1 represents a view in elevation of my improvement as attached to thedash-board of a carriage; Fig. 2, the thumb-nut of the adjustable jointand clamp B, Fig. 3, the disk 0, in combination with the arm f of thesupport, to which the lamp is fastened, and shank cl; Fig. 4, asectional view Fig. 5 represents the disk D, in combination with theclamp A, which fits over the dash. e is an orifice in the center of thedisk D, for receiving the shank (1. Figs. 6, 7, S, 9, l0 represent theparts in detail of the clamp A. Fig. 11 represents an end view inelevation of the adjustable clamp B.

The manner of using my improvement is as follows: The two parts of theclamp A are placed so as to straddle the dash, and securely To adjustthe lamp to an upright position, I have simply to turn the thumb-nut,Fig. 2, to the left, which allows the serrated disks 0 and l) to beseparated suflicient-ly to turn the lamp to any required position. Thedisks can then be brought together again and fastened, the serratedportions fitting into each other, as shown in. Fig. 11, and making arigid joint. The lamp may be casil y detached, if desirable, and used asa lantern, the support or bracket forming a convenient handle.

I usually solder the lamp to the support but it obvious it may befastened in other ways.

Different styles of clamps from those I have described may also be used.The clamp for the dash might be hinged at the top, and have the thumbscrew 7) pass tl'irough the dash.

I do not claim anything, broadly, on the serrated disks 0 and D, as I amaware that they are used in other combinations, and for other purposes.

I claim as my invention The combination, with a carrf age lamp, of

an arm attached to the back of the'1a1np,and have hereunto set my handthis 11th day of provided with an adjustable joint, B, at or Deeemberl873. near the middle thereof, and a clamp, A,

and screw 1) on the end of the same, all substantially as and for? hepurposes herein set Witnesses: forth. DAVID B. Looxwoon,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I F. WV. SMITH.

THOMAS BOUDREN.

